by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Norfolk Collegiate traveled to Hampton Roads Academy to face the Navigators for the TCIS Regular Season Championship Title Thursday night. Coming into the matchup, HRA was on a 13 game-winning streak. It was also Senior Night for the host as they acknowledged seven graduating athletes, Clay Wingfield, Bryan Hart, TJ Carlos,…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Top-seeded Oscar Smith trailed Western Branch, 55-52, in Wednesday night’s Monitor-Merrimac conference semifinals as time ticked down in regulation. Tigers head coach LaVar Griffin called a timeout to draw up a play, which he hoped would free star guard Donald Hicks for the game-tying shot, drawing shades of the senior’s game-winning…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 After falling to Granby 70-63 at home in the team’s regular season matchup, Woodside faced the Comets in the Monitor-Merrimac tournament semifinals Wednesday night. In their first meeting, Wolverines were without seniors, Chris Orlina and Juwan Davis while freshman shooting guard, Antwan Epps scored 27 points in the Comets’ victory. In…
by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 No one can say the playoffs snuck up on anyone. Although the regular season was a blur we’ve come to the point of the year where those who have played well enough throughout the regular season get to reset their record. For Warwick and Menchville High School this couldn’t come at…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Ambassadors guard Olivia Brown nailed the game-winning free throw with 2 seconds left in overtime to secure the 59-58 win for Norfolk Christian. Teammate Kiara Norman put the game into the extra session, making 2 of 3 free throws as time expired in regulation. Brow and Norman combined for 35 points…
by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We had a strong field of nominees again for the first Buffalo Wild Wings player of the week award, the last vote of the regular season. The fans really supported their favorites, and there were some great options in the voting. On the boys side, the winner of this week’s award…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Coming off a perfect 10-0 regular season conference finish, the Lake Taylor boys will open up their Conference 17 tournament schedule with a semifinal matchup against Churchland tomorrow night. The Truckers were victorious in their quarterfinal win over Wilson on Saturday. Lake Taylor won its first Conference 17 regular season title…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Despite overnight snowfall, there will be high school basketball played in Hampton Roads today. On the girls side: Atlantic Conference regular season champions Princess Anne will face fourth-seeded Indian River. at 5:30 p.m. Salem and Maury girls will battle following the conclusion of that matchup. Both contests will take place at…
by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Every week during the regular season recruit757 and Buffalo Wild Wings acknowledge the most notable players in the 757 and give you the opportunity to vote for your favorite! This week, we have four nominees for Boys Basketball and four nominees for Girls Basketball. We’ve picked a top performance…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Princess Anne defeated Salem, 57-27, Saturday afternoon to secure the Atlantic Conference regular season title and the conference’s top seed heading into this week’s postseason tournament. The teams had split two previous meeting this season, with Salem’s win snapping the Cavaliers 69-game Beach District winning streak. Senior guard Gadiva Hubbard led…